be KJV
“Be” is in the King James Bible 7,012 times, in 5,492 verses. Jump to the verses ↓
- ἔσομαι ésomai 165 times
- γίνομαι gínomai 129 times
- טָמֵא ṭâmêʼ 77 times
- מוּת mûwth 66 times
- עָשָׂה ʻâsâh 66 times
- εἶναι eînai 64 times
- בּוּשׁ bûwsh 63 times
- חָזַק châzaq 53 times
- נָתַן nâthan 53 times
- ὦ ō 51 times
- כָּרַת kârath 51 times
- אָכַל ʼâkal 47 times
- No Strong's number mostly supplied words 1,235 times
1,491 more, less often
- טָהֵר ṭâhêr 43 times
- σώζω sṓzō 41 times
- מָצָא mâtsâʼ 41 times
- יָרֵא yârêʼ 40 times
- שָׂבַע sâbaʻ 40 times
- קָרָא qârâʼ 37 times
- אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym 35 times
- מָלֵא mâlêʼ 34 times
- שָׁמַע shâmaʻ 34 times
- πληρόω plēróō 32 times
- אָמַר ʼâmar 32 times
- קֹדֶשׁ qôdesh 32 times
- חָתַת châthath 31 times
- כּוּן kûwn 31 times
- אָסַף ʼâçaph 29 times
- בּוֹא bôwʼ 28 times
- הָיָה hâyâh 27 times
- יֵשׁ yêsh 27 times
- ἐστί estí 26 times
- יָדַע yâdaʻ 25 times
- יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh 25 times
- עַם ʻam 25 times
- שָׁבַר shâbar 25 times
- בָּנָה bânâh 24 times
- חָנַן chânan 24 times
- שָׂמַח sâmach 24 times
- שָׁמֵם shâmêm 24 times
- רוּם rûwm 23 times
- καλέω kaléō 22 times
- מוֹט môwṭ 22 times
- עֶבֶד ʻebed 22 times
- הָוָא hâvâʼ 21 times
- יָכֹל yâkôl 21 times
- ἀφίημι aphíēmi 20 times
- אֶחָד ʼechâd 20 times
- זָכַר zâkar 20 times
- נָקָה nâqâh 20 times
- בָרַךְ bârak 19 times
- יוֹם yôwm 19 times
- שׁוּב shûwb 19 times
- δίδωμι dídōmi 18 times
- יָשַׁב yâshab 18 times
- פָּתַח pâthach 18 times
- שָׁמַד shâmad 18 times
- שְׁמָמָה shᵉmâmâh 18 times
- יָשַׁע yâshaʻ 17 times
- רָפָא râphâʼ 17 times
- βαπτίζω baptízō 16 times
And 1,443 others, each in a phrase with “be” a few times.
Hebrew and Greek words, transliterations, and pronunciations from the Open Scriptures Strong's dictionaries (CC BY-SA).
BE, verb intransitive substantive, participle present tense being; participle passive been.[The sense is to stand, remain or be fixed; hence to continue. This verb is defective, and its defects are supplied by verbs from other roots, as, is, was, were, which have no radical connection with be The case is the same with the substantive verb in most languages.]
1. To be fixed; to exist; to have a real state or existence, for a longer or shorter time.
Let this mind be in you, which was in Christ Jesus. Phil 2:1.
To be contents his natural desire.
From Noah Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language (1828).
Every verse 5,492 verses
Habakkuk
- 2:9 Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil!
- 2:14 For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea.
- 2:16 Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD'S right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory.
- 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
Zephaniah
- 1:10 And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills.
- 1:17 And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung.
- 1:18 Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD'S wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.
- 2:3 Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD'S anger.
- 2:4 For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up.
- 2:5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant.
- 2:6 And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks.
- 2:7 And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.
- 2:9 Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them.
- 2:11 The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
- 2:12 Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword.
- 2:14 And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work.
- 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
- 3:8 Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
- 3:11 In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.
- 3:13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid.
- 3:14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem.
- 3:16 In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack.
Haggai
- 1:2 Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
- 1:8 Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
- 2:4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts:
- 2:9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts.
- 2:12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
- 2:13 Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean.
Zechariah
- 1:4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.
- 1:9 Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be.
- 1:16 Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
- 1:17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
- 1:19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem.
- 2:4 And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein:
- 2:5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
- 2:9 For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me.
- 2:11 And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.
- 2:13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation.
- 3:9 For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day.
- 4:5 Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
- 4:12 And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves?
- 4:13 And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord.
- 5:3 Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it.
- 5:11 And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base.
- 6:13 Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- 6:14 And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD.
- 8:3 Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain.
- 8:5 And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
- 8:6 Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts.
- 8:8 And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
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